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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels for the U.S. Army are machined and finished in a former automobile plant. First they are cut to size and then their centers located. After that, they go down long machining lines where they are finished by mass pr
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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels for the U.S. Army are machined and finished in a former automobile plant. First they are cut to size and then their centers located. After that, they go down long machining lines where they are finished by mass pr

Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineConversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels for the U.S. Army are machined and finished in a former automobile plant. First they are cut to size and then the. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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